Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Get Veterans a Doctor Now Act”.
Get Veterans a Doctor Now Act
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the recruitment of physicians in the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sec. 2 Recruitment of physicians in Department of Veterans Affairs
In general— Section 7402(b)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
by inserting “or to be offered a contingent appointment to such position,” after “position,”; and
by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following new subparagraph (B):
“(B)
“(i) have completed a residency program satisfactory to the Secretary; or
“(ii) with respect to an offer for a contingent appointment upon the completion of a post-graduate training program, complete such a residency program by not later than two years after the date of such offer; and”
Oversight of graduate medical education programs— The Secretary shall—
ensure that a recruiter or other similar official of each Veterans Integrated Service Network visits, not less than annually, each allopathic and osteopathic teaching institution with a graduate medical education program within the Network to recruit individuals to be appointed to positions in the Veterans Health Administration; and
submit to Congress an annual report on the implementation of paragraph (1), including the success of such recruiting efforts.